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...thought it was so thought-provoking," said Nancy L. Nortenman. She said that Mason's speech had given her "fuel" for her to take her own stand on the topic...
Fatigue, chills and dwindling fuel supplies forgotten, two men in a balloon high above the Atlantic have the wind at their backs and their eyes firmly on the prize. Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones' balloon, Breitling Orbiter 3, rose gently toward the heavens 100 miles north of Puerto Rico Thursday afternoon. At 32,670 feet they were swept along at a brisk 88 miles an hour by the surging jet stream, which they hope will carry them to Africa and into the history books. The pair set out on March 1 and have already come closer than anyone to realizing...
...cried myself to sleep," "I saw him as a man, not as the President," "He promised me he would [fill in the blank]"--add bathos, and you have a typical paragraph. Repeat three times, and you have a page. Spritz with psychobabble and enough self-improvement rhetoric to fuel a Weight Watchers convention, and you have a "Book Event," a postmodern creation that has feelings but no thoughts. While examining her every emotion, Monica reports nothing about the White House other than the President's private study and bathroom. For all we know, she could have passed Tony Blair...
CHEAPER GAS, PUMPED FOR YOU Hate jumping out of your car to pump gas, but rather not pay for full service? This summer, Shell Oil plans to test its Smart Pump automatic fueling system, in which a large robotic arm opens your gas cap, fills the tank, closes the cap, and bills your credit card, all in about three minutes, while you relax or buy coffee. First available in Indianapolis, the Smart Pump will require a special gas cap (installed by Shell) and will read a sensor installed in the car window to detect your fuel type, locate your...
...fuel. Opening with "Friday at the Circle K," raven-haired lead singer Katryna dominated the show with her powerful vocals, and jigged and twisted through the show, not stopping until the last of the two-song encore. Guitarist Dave Chalfant and Dave Nields leapt and hopped to match. The band threw out chocolates between sets, described the inspiration behind their rich lyrics and urged the audience to use their own lingo ("dolphin friendly" for over the top politically correct). The band had an effervescence in personality to match the energy of their music...